Sunday Morning

Dr Jack Watling is joining us again on the situation in Ukraine as the battles resume with improved weather on the ground, and a long summer of warfare seeming to be in store.

The Little Girl is going away, and the Little Boy has arrived.

There have been various studies about whether it's best to exercise early or late in the day. Now there's new research.

After recently separating from her partner, she discovered a new loneliness.

It's said that 15-20% of people, perhaps up to a quarter of the population, are in some category of neurodivergence.

Lucy Balfour was born and raised in Canterbury. She danced for 10 years with the Royal New Zealand Ballet before moving to London and joining the renowned dance company, Rambert in 2013.

How stories about the war in Ukraine ended up with a pro-Russian slant on RNZ's website; reports of crime are on the up but does the story change when reporters run the numbers before running a story?

Michael Hurst is one of our finest and most versatile actors, with a haul of awards for television and film both locally and internationally. He's directed more than 90 professional stage productions, and TV shows including Spartacus, West Side, My Life is Murder, 800 Words, The Brokenwood Mysteries and Power Rangers. Michael joins Jim Mora ahead of a spectacular Auckland Theatre Company production of King Lear, to mark its 30th anniversary. Playing the King, Michael is joined on stage by his wife Jennifer Ward-Lealand. Jim Mora talked to Michael ahead of the final rehearsals for the play, which opens this coming week.

Internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Lucien Johnson joins us ahead of his co-created show with Hannah Tasker-Poland, The Most Naked, A Cabaret of Skin and Bone opening at Q Theatre in Auckland.

One of the brightest stars in the sky is behaving strangely, pulsating from bright to dim twice as quickly as usual. At the moment Betelgeuse is very bright in the night. What's going on?